The Lucknow Sentinel, 1976-09-29, Page 22'PASS TWINTY4111110
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ed that it would be in operation
again within three months.
In the intervening years, no
money has been paid out to
deserving students, and equally as
important, the machinery for
accepting repayment of funds by
former students was not active.
It's a disgrace all way round, a
sad commentary on the office of the
Public Trustee and a glowing
example of what happens to many
local matters when they get out of
the hands of local people and into
the hands of supposedly more
efficient administrators.
The MacKenzie fund, by virtue
of its intention, is in effect public
money , and the people of the
community are deserving of an
audited statement showing where
the fund stands at the present time
and where the fund •stood when the
freeze was established four years
ago.
This is a matter for our provincial
member of parliament to investi-
gate and provide the people of this
community with•some
answers.
We ,commend the
members of the trust
not giving up on thi
approaching the Omt
by showing the degrei
ity service which ma
flourish when local
alive.
LUCKNOIN SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
vertising
keeps people
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P.:44PM APy01154t40 ADVISORY BOARD
MaCKENZIE FUND
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Daddy” government •must look
after things to see that everything
is properly attended to and that the
matter is operated as "efficiently"
as •possible. „
Over four yeirs ago; the Public
Trustee, who in effect, is the
provincial body set up to see that.
the estates of deceased persons are
administered according to the
intention of that, person, took dyer
the fund and appointed Yictoria
and„Grey Tiagt Company, to act as
administrator of the fund.
Acting as legal counsel, for the
former trustees and for the fund
transfer is Alan R. Mill of
VVingham.
The most 'recent trustees of the
fund were members of the Lucknow
High School Board when the schoPl
was closed' and, students transfer-
red to Wingham.
The former trustees have been
frustrated and dismayed at the way ,
' the matter has, been dragged out'
with no solution still in sight after ,
four years.
The Public Trustee, who started
the ball. rolling over four years ago,
when he took the fund out of local
'control, should be held most •
responsible for • the delay. How-
ever, each department has their
own ,story 'is to why the matter is
still, unresolved. Victoria and Grey
will not assume control of the •fund
until, the matter of school boiindar-
ies, at the time of Mr. MacKenzie's
death, is interpreted, so as to know
who is eligible for this money and
who is not. Mr. Mill has stated that
the determining of the boundaries
has been difficult and hence the
matter is still unresolved in this
department. • ,
To say that the former local
trustees have been unhappy with
the progress of the matter over four
year$, 'is quite an understatement.
Bursaries granted to., deserving
students,, just • before the ,Public
Trustee put'a freeze on the funds,
were never paid. Money which
should have been paid back on
loans over the four yearg has
, remained 'unpaid and as. such, the
fund. has not functioned in the
desired intent of Mr. MacKenzie.
To say that the Public Trustee is
looking, after the 'interests and
intent of Mr. MacKenzie and his
will is so far from the truth that it
makes local people very, very
angry.
The only dollars • that have
changed hands in over four , years
have been for administration. The
local trustees, for' many years,
worked for pothing; doing the work
as a service to their community.
- Despite the fact that it would'
appear that the parties involved in
resolving , this situation had forgot-
ten that a MacKenzie fund exists,
there are those who have -not
forgotten,' and thanks to them the
matter is once again being review- , ed.
William G. Hunter of Lucknow,
Harvey Houston of Lucknow and
Frank McQuillin ,of West Wawa-
nosh, all' former school board and
endowment fund trustees, request-
ed an appointment with the office
of the• Ombudsman at their sitting
in Goderich last week and members
of the Ombudsman's staff .gave
them a thorough hearing, took all
correspondence with them and are
investigating the delay in putting
this fund back into operation again,
and fulfilling' the ,original intent' of
the MacKenzie will and fund.
When the fund was frozen over
four years _ago by the Public
Trustee, local trustees were assur-
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